Millions of people disagree with us about politics. We think their views are wrong and bad, and they think our views are wrong and bad. That troubles us emotionally. It makes us angry and scared. But here’s the weird thing: it doesn’t trouble us intellectually.
At the risk of sounding like the exact biased idiot this article is about, I do think there is more merit to MY political opinions over many others. I try very hard to base my beliefs on a reasonable assessment of the facts and practicality. Others base theirs on pure feelings and speculation it seems. So, I ask myself, dos that make me more right? I like to think so, but then again maybe I’m just biased…
Apr 18, 2023·edited Apr 18, 2023Liked by David Pinsof
Humanity might be better off if a Many Worlds Approach to Interpersonal Communication were more widely internalized. Imagine we started all of our conversations with the assumption that, even though they might be very similar, we do in fact occupy different worlds and we need to understand each other’s if we’re going to bridge them in the service of constructive co-existence.
When I speak about the 2nd Amendment and I try to understand the logic of the Anti-gun advocates, I get the feeling that other 2A supporters would consider me to be a hypocrite, rather than someone trying to make of the arguments. On the other side, I can see anti-gunners get fed bad information and base their arguments on that, instead of visiting a gun range and asking safety officers questions. Great post by the way!
At the risk of sounding like the exact biased idiot this article is about, I do think there is more merit to MY political opinions over many others. I try very hard to base my beliefs on a reasonable assessment of the facts and practicality. Others base theirs on pure feelings and speculation it seems. So, I ask myself, dos that make me more right? I like to think so, but then again maybe I’m just biased…
I feel like I ask this increasingly from people haha, but you should post reading recommendations
Humanity might be better off if a Many Worlds Approach to Interpersonal Communication were more widely internalized. Imagine we started all of our conversations with the assumption that, even though they might be very similar, we do in fact occupy different worlds and we need to understand each other’s if we’re going to bridge them in the service of constructive co-existence.
When I speak about the 2nd Amendment and I try to understand the logic of the Anti-gun advocates, I get the feeling that other 2A supporters would consider me to be a hypocrite, rather than someone trying to make of the arguments. On the other side, I can see anti-gunners get fed bad information and base their arguments on that, instead of visiting a gun range and asking safety officers questions. Great post by the way!